Program Agenda

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

6:30 p.m.
Lecture at the King Avenue Church
Philip Arthur, “William Tyndale: The Fugitive Hero Who Invented English”

 

THURSDAY, MAY 5

Shuttle service from hotel to Thompson Library, times tba.

Conference Registration from 5:00 p.m.
Thompson Library

Rare Books and Manuscripts Exhibition
Thompson Library Gallery

“Translation… openeth the window, to let in the light”:
The Prehistory and Abiding Impact of the King James Bible

6:00 p.m.
Thompson Library, Buckeye Reading Room, 2nd floor

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Richard Dutton, Chair, Department of English, The Ohio State University

Keynote Lecture  
Introduced by Hannibal Hamlin, The Ohio State University

David Norton, Victoria University of Wellington:
“The King James Bible’s Presence, Use and Influence in Literature”

Champagne Reception, immediately following

Shuttle service from Thompson Library to hotel, times tba.

 

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Shuttle service from hotel to The Ohio State University Union, times tba.
Please visit the Scholar’s Choice book table, open during conference hours.
Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Library exhibit continues at Thompson Library.

Conference Registration continues from 8:15 a.m.
The Ohio State University Union

All plenary sessions will be held in the US Bank Conference Theater, ground floor, Ohio Union.

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Plenary Panel 1: The Making of the English Bible
Sponsored by the Tyndale Society
­­­­­Chair, David Norton (Victoria University of Wellington)
–Gergely Juhász (K.U. Leuven), “Antwerp Bibles in the King James Version: Book of Proverbs as Test Case”
–J. Philip Arthur (Independent Scholar), “William Tyndale: the Exile and the Ploughboy”
–Leland Ryken (Wheaton College, IL), “The Geneva Bible and the King James Version”

10:45-12:15 a.m.
Plenary Panel 2: Negotiating the Bible and/as Literature
Chair, Hannibal Hamlin (The Ohio State University)
–Leslie Brisman (Yale University), “The Bible as a Literature”
–David Jasper (University of Glasgow), “The Bible as Literature or as the Word of God: The Continuing Influence of the King James Bible”
–Michael Wheeler (University of Southampton), “The Fourth Gospel as ‘Poetry’: Some
Nineteenth-Century Perspectives on the King James Bible”

12:15-1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own

The Ohio Union offers three dining locations. See registration packet for additional lunch options on campus, High Street, and the South Campus Gateway nearby.

1:30-3:15 p.m.
Plenary Panel 3: The King James Bible and Poetry
Chair, Noah Comet (The Ohio State University)
–Maire Mullins (Pepperdine University), “Whitman’s Poetic Ministry and the King James Bible”
–Jason Rosenblatt (Georgetown University), “Milton, Anxiety, and the King James Bible”
–­Adam Potkay (College of William and Mary), “Romantic Poets and the King James Bible”

3:30-5:00 p.m.
Plenary Panel 4: The King James Bible and the Novel
Chair, Clare Simmons (The Ohio State University)
–Heather Walton (University of Glasgow), “The tree of life gone wild: the KJB in twentieth century women’s writing”
–Valentine Cunningham (Oxford University), “Daniel Defoe’s Own Version of the Authorized Version.”
–Gordon Campbell (University of Leicester), “The KJV in the Victorian novel: Dickens and George Eliot”

Shuttle service from The Ohio State University Union to hotel, times tba.
Shuttle service from hotel to The Ohio State University Union, times tba.

8:00 p.m.
Reading and Talk
The Performance Hall, the Ohio Union
Sponsored by The Ohio State University English Department,
the Creative Writing Program and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Introduced by Valerie Lee, Vice Provost of Diversity and Inclusion, Professor of English
and Women’s Studies

Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World,
Lost in the City, All Aunt Hagar’s Children

Free and open to the public

Shuttle service from The Ohio State University Union to hotel, times tba.

 

SATURDAY, MAY 7

Shuttle service from hotel to The Ohio State University Union, times tba.
Please visit the Scholar’s Choice book table, open during conference hours.
Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Library exhibit continues at Thompson Library.

All plenary sessions will be held in the US Bank Conference Theater, ground floor, Ohio Union.
All seminars will be held in rooms on the second and third floors, Ohio Union

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Seminars
Conference participants are invited to audit these seminars as space permits.

The Bible and Early Modern Radicals, led by Angelica Duran (Purdue University) and Kevin Seidel (Eastern Mennonite University), Ohio Staters', Inc. Traditions Room

The Bible and African American Literature, led by Joycelyn Moody (University of Texas, San Antonio), Barbie Tootle Room

Women Reading/Writing the Bible, led by Michele Osherow (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Suzanne M. Scharer Room

The Bible and Popular Culture, led by Jay Twomey (University of Cincinnati), Rosa Ailabouni Room 

Bible Translation and the Long Reformation, led by Vivienne Westbrook (National Taiwan University), Hays Cape Room

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Seminars
Conference participants are invited to audit these seminars as space permits.

The Bible and Early Modern Radicals (cont.), led by Angelica Duran (Purdue University) and Kevin Seidel (Eastern Mennonite University), Ohio Staters', Inc. Traditions Room

The Bible and African American Literature (cont.), led by Joycelyn Moody (University of Texas, San Antonio), Barbie Tootle Room

The Bible and Popular Culture (cont.), led by Jay Twomey (University of Cincinnati), Rosa Ailabouni Room 

The Bible and Nineteenth-Century American Literature, led by Greg Jackson (Rutgers University), Suzanne M. Scharer Room

The Bible and Nineteenth-Century British Literature, led by Leslie Tannenbaum and Clare Simmons (The Ohio State University), Hays Cape Room

12:15-1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own

The Ohio Union offers three dining locations. See registration packet for additional lunch options on campus, High Street, and the South Campus Gateway nearby.

1:30-3:15 p.m.
Plenary Panel 5: The King James Bible and Narrative
Sponsored by Project Narrative
Chair, James Phelan (The Ohio State University)
–David Richter (Queens College, NY), “Lost in Translation: Misleading Moments in the KJV”
–James Resseguie (Winebrenner Theological Seminary), "The Narrative of John's Apocalypse and the King James Bible"
–Stephen Prickett (University of Glasgow), "Language within Language: The King James Steamroller"

3:30-5:30 p.m.
Plenary Panel 6: The Cultural Authority of the King James Bible: Challenges and Appropriations
Chair, Norman W. Jones (The Ohio State University)
–Katharine C. Bassard (Virginia Commonwealth University), “Reading Between the Lines: African American Neo-Slave Narratives and Biblical Re(De)Constructions.”
­–Raymond-Jean Frontain (University of Central Arkansas), “‘Passing the love of women’: Anglo-American Sexual Codes and the King James Translation”
–Norman W. Jones, “The King James Bible as Ghost: Voices Not Heard”

Closing Remarks, Norman Jones

6:00 p.m.
Closing Reception
The Ohio State University Faculty Club

Shuttle service from Faculty Club to hotel, times tba.

 

For more information, please send an email to kjvconference@osu.edu